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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't see any meaningful solutions proposed in the articles. It's such a mess and there's no real solution in sight.[/quote]

Is it really so difficult?  Phones stay in locker; or phones stay in pouch, desk, etc. for duration of class.  Would parents really oppose this? And if not, why not implement?

I also do not see why kids, certainly pre-high school, need constant access to a laptop & internet [i]in [/i]class. If they are done early, they can read a book, do extra credit, catch up on homework from another class.[/quote]

As the article points out, challenges with the pouch model include:

1) Not as feasible for larger school districts due to cost and maintenance

2) Students can just slip an old phone in the pouch and keep their real phone on them

3) Not all parents have universal consensus that kids shouldn't have phones in the classroom so there's not always enough buy-in in some districts to support this. Their reasons are they want to always have access to their child at all times...

4) It still requires teachers to be the cell phone police, which isn't their job, and carries severe risk as several students have been charged and arrested for teachers taking their phones away from them in compliance with these policies.

In short, we have a policy on paper that is either unenforceable or if enforced, comes with severe drawbacks, and we can't even get parents on the same page on what to do about it.[/quote]

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